The very, very childish OS place names thread

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    purplecup

    Here’s my starter for ten. I’m guessing this one can run and run…

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    mintimperial

    “Where do you live?”
    “Erm,

    “Where do you live?”
    “Erm, well…”

    Not rude, but this one always raises a smile:

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    RabAusten

    Wetwang!
    Wetwang!

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    Gromski

    Anyone in the market for a
    Anyone in the market for a country property…?

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    VecchioJo

    i’ve been up Gay Street a few
    i’ve been up Gay Street a few times, but who hasn’t?

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    arrieredupeleton

    I’ll see your Lickey End (so
    I’ll see your Lickey End (so to speak, in a poker sense) and raise you….

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    MattT53

    Ok it might not be an OS
    Ok it might not be an OS place name but this one always amuses me.

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    Tom Amos

    Upper Dicker, Lower Dicker
    Upper Dicker, Lower Dicker and The Dicker (the last is not marked though regrettably)

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    notfastenough

    Do I get extra points for
    Do I get extra points for having two in 1 image?

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    Simon_MacMichael

    Oh and there’s a place on the
    Oh and there’s a place on the way to Gravesend called Thong. Wouldn’t want to get stuck there…

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    Simon_MacMichael

    Pratts Bottom, near
    Pratts Bottom, near Orpington.

    I always assumed it was named thus to get one up on other nearby places with silly names such as Locksbottom, Green Street Green and, of course, Badgers Mount.

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    pirnie

    Breasty Haw anyone?
    Breasty Haw anyone?

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    Raleigh

    Heh
    Heh

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    Raleigh

    Meh
    Meh

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    Some Fella

    I think its actually
    I think its actually Queenzieburn but Queenziebum is much funnier/ childish

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    RobD

    Having lived just in the part
    Having lived just in the part of Colchester just outside of fingringhoe I can say from experience that the signposts in the area don’t last that long (pesky students…)

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